Commonsense CompositionThis textbook follows California Language Arts Standards for grades 9-12 to provide a generalized understanding of composition and to serve as a supplementary aid to high school English teachers. |
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active voice adjective adverbial Amontillado argument audience basic body paragraph business letter Cask of Amontillado character's characters climax comma Common Phrase(s complement NP concise conclusion paragraph conflict connotations coordinating conjunction counterpoints cover letter dénouement describe Direct object Direct object NP elements emphasis Example explain expository essay Facebook feel focus Fortunato gerund high school idea Identify important inciting incident independent clause indicate instance introduce introductory paragraph Lesson look movie narrative essay narrator noun phrase organizational scheme organize your paper passive voice personal growth persuasive essay plot pronouns protagonist quote reader résumé Review Questions semicolon sentence elements Shorter Equivalent significance someone story Subject complement subordinating conjunctions teacher tell theme thesis statement things third-person tone topic sentence tree verb words Write a descriptive Young Goodman Brown